Logitech for Creators Mevo Start Wireless Live Streaming Camera - Black | For creators, live video, intelligent app control, LTE or Wi-Fi

The Mevo Start is a great camera for live streaming or for recording. It is good for those getting started in streaming. It is reasonably priced and has a lot of great features. You can live stream to most any service. The camera can be connected via Wi-Fi or with Ethernet (requires a separate adapter). Wi-Fi works well if you have good access points and signals. Streaming quality will depend on your upload speeds. Recording are saved directly to the camera but you will need get a micro-SD card as it does not come with one, but those are so affordable. You will need an Android or iOS tablet or phone to work with the camera. There is an app that controls and configures the camera. There is a built in microphone that works well. You can also alternatively connect an external sound source to the Aux 3.5 mm jack. It is configurable for Mic level input or Line level input (like sound board). There are level controls for audio within the app. It fits on most any tripod (standard 1/4 screw). I found battery life to be 4-5 hours which should be good in most cases. There is a USB-C connector on the camera that can be used for external power or ethernet adapter. Indicator LED on the front of the camera tells you the connection status and I believe can also act as a Tally light. One of the nice features is digital zoom. You can view what the camera sees from within the app. The app also lets you zoom the camera view in and out. You can also move a zoomed box around with the full field of the camera, so it almost like having PTZ. The video feed is quite good and there are settings for things like low lighting and outdoor. Camera looks and feels well built. There is no lens cover so you might want to get a case for it. The camera can also be configured as an NDI source and it works great with OBS, zoom and all. Good starter and can still be used in more advanced setups (like OBS). Keep in mind that the app can only be used with one camera at a time (you can move back and forth between cameras). A multi-cam app is being developed and is currently in Beta at this time.

I am a podcaster, Youtuber, Coach and Event coordinator. I actually bought this on a gut instinct preparing for a conference I was streaming. Pro's Wifi Capable adds versatility with a strong wifi network Can stream straight from "the right" mobile devices (more in cons) Wifi Webcam Mode 1080p OnBoard Recording Possible Mobile control of ISO, Color Temp and other Camera adjustments Con's Older devices not all compatible NOT fully compatible with the M1 Chip (wired webcam mode, no) Cannot adjust "Camera Settings" like ISO, White balance and such in Webcam mode Not 4K I stream on multiple platforms and this will certainly NOT replace my normal DSLR style camera. I. have used the wireless webcam mode and I hate that I can't adjust the white balance without connecting to my phone first, adjusting it, breaking the connection then reconnecting it to my computer. I change my lighting a lot depending on the shoot. However, this was a life saver when I was multi streaming an event. I just needed something with decent quality as a constant feed and it worked spectacularly in wireless webcam mode back to my computer. Understand, this is a decent "webcam" not the best but decent. It is not a replacement if you use DSLR's but for what it was created for which is event streaming or multi cam "set studio" (not changing often it is a great camera especially in use with a couple other MEVO SMART cams. One note, I would like to see them upgraded to be more computable with other softwares and platforms. If you don't want to use their native app for streaming with them, you are going to have to get creative because they are not friendly to any other software but theirs. Thus I used wireless webcam mode to bypass this short coming.

The quality is great!

While the introductory price on this was announced as $299, once it was released it was selling for $399. Pretty pricy, but it works very well as a wireless camera, though $399 is a steep price. The control app on the phone works very well and the picture quality is excellent, unless you zoom in 3x right at the edge of the picture. In my case I can see lens distortion on one side of the lens. I've never run out of battery and often leave in running for 3+ hours. We use it for outdoor worship services and feed the audio from the outdoor mixer directly into the camera. We set the camera on NDI mode and feed it into OBS Studio on a computer in the building, separated from the outdoor service, where we produce the program. Audio and Video remain in sync and audio quality is good. The camera will automatically adapt to mic level or line level input on the input jack. To use in NDI mode with OBS you can install the free NDI Tools package that is available on the web or a driver just for OBS that can find NDI sources. The NDI Tools package has a side effect that you can make the NDI source appear as a webcam and use it with programs like zoom. One thing that I do NOT like: to use the titling overlay feature, you need to have a Vimeo Premium Subscription which is very expensive if you don't want to use Vimeo. In speaking with support they acknowledged this, but said that was a condition of the deal when Mevo separated from Vimeo. So we use OBS for overlay titling instead. Too bad...you should not have to pay $20/month more for titling after you pay $399 for the camera!

I ordered these for my live church services. I love the fact that you can set your shots and not need anyone to stand at the camera, the picture quality is good, the sound comes across really good, but you really need to have very good WiFi or be able to use the adapter to use them in a wired situation. That's not an option for me, my WiFi is good, but I still get some interruption. I adjusted the latency and that helped tremendously so the interruptions happen less frequently. I love these cameras though. I ordered 3 and I'm about to move my router closer in the sanctuary so I'm expecting even greater results. If you can get great WiFi and make sure that you have it dedicated just for the cameras, you'll be pleased with what you get. I say make the investment it's worth it

We are not very techy people, but we figured out how to get going with this camera the first game. We’ve used it a full season in many weather conditions, and it’s done the job. The microphone is pretty good, so just caution your vocal fans sitting nearby they will be heard! Live-streaming with GameChanger was easy, and it does a decent job clipping plays for athletes/coaches to get their specific highlights. We used a magnetic fence mount (sold separately) and an all weather battery pack (sold separately) in our set up. The internal battery in the camera lasts a full game so far, but in colder conditions it drains faster. We just hooked the camera up to the battery pack for the second game in the double header, and was good to go. WiFi needs to be close by to livestream, so plan to sit near the camera, or we drop the iPhone on WiFi in the camera’s storage bag and clip it on the camera mount to allow us to walk farther away. Have fun!

Update: the video quality is so much better than the original Mevo. Some helpful hints if you have a large auditorium and you want to zoom in this is not the camera for you. We stream to FB and YouTube live. We only have 22 YouTube subscribers for our channel. So in order to go live on multiple platforms you need another software to do that. We use Vimeo. To go live on YouTube you must use the RTMP button on Mevo. Set up your stream on YouTube Studio and get your URL and streaming key to paste into Mevo. Great thing is the Mevo will save it and YouTube doesn’t change it for a new stream when you reuse your settings. Once everything is programmed into the Mevo it gets much easier to go live. Again the video quality with the Mevo Start is so much better than the Mevo Plus. We spent about $800 for the original and this was only $399. You get your monies worth if you can leverage all its features. Also if you are being asked for constant firmware updates which Mevo are you using and is your app updated. Our church has been using the first generation Mevo for over three years. We didn’t realize how outdated our Mevo camera was. The video streaming began to get worse and we kept losing signal and the audio was terrible. I went looking for another camera but Mevo still came up in the top. I looked at the specs of the Mevo Start and realized how outdated our original Mevo was. Today we streamed our service for the first time using Mevo Start and people complemented our video on how clear it was. We had no audio issues or dropped internet. We also didn’t have to plug it in since we stream for about 2 hours. We always liked Mevo and they have made streaming affordable for our church. This Mevo Start addressed most of our issues with the first Mevo we had. Also the price has gone down from what we paid for the original Mevo. It is worth the price. It does so much more than just record video. I love the app also.

Maybe this camera is good but for us it would never work. We've used a GoPro 8 to stream my son's baseball games for about a year. Over 100 games in that time so I'm familiar with streaming over hotspot with my phone. I bought this because we had seen some other parents use it and the picture quality was better so we decided to try it. We worked for over a week trying to get it to connect to hotspot and stream on our phones with no luck. I searched YouTube with no luck either. Got on message boards and everyone seemed to have issues and had to find a work around. Especially those using Android. I got answers ranging from toggle the Bluetooth on and off and hopefully it will eventually connect to, put my phone in airplane mode and turn things on one by one. None of which helped. I went back and forth on email with someone at Mevo customer support who basically just referred me back to the help pages on Mevos website. When I told him I had tried everything on there several times, he just said to return or exchange it. I exchanged it and still had the same issue. I emailed him one last time to see if I could talk to someone on the phone. Maybe I was missing something obvious and they could walk me through it. He then proceeds to tell me that they don't offer phone support but they are aware of an Android bug that he hadn't bothered to tell me about in our previous back and forth. At this point I decided just return it and go back to GoPro. At least they have decent support if you have issues.

Si eres practico y funcional, una cámara para agregar a tu worflow que te servirá de mucho.

this is the 3 one we have bought in less than 5 years. It keeps breaking and we only use it once a week.

+ Quality materials + Compact size + Simple to use + Excellent battery life + Behringer UCA222 USB interface connects to the USB-c (with a converter) and it powers it + Wireless if you want to use the built-in mic which is good (but not as good as my line in via USB) + Ability to be used as a wireless webcam - App is good but could be better (I'm happy to beta test) as it's not the most user friendly - Gated functionality behind Vimeo is costly and adds little value - Additional cost carry case - a free soft case/bag would have been a good addition to the box I wish it could (but it can't): - Allow mp4 to be played as a separate scene selection in my stream allowing me to have placeholder screens, additional video presentations, music etc

We use this for streaming our church services and it works great for the technology that we have and the speed of internet that we have

Camera video estremamente efficace per chi deve lavorare da solo. Grazie al pannello regia è possibile, già con una sola mevo start, realizzare e gestire diverse inquadrature con zoom in e zoom out